Door-stop



C. 0. AND R. J. FOEDISCH.

DOOR STOP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1920- 1,394,889.-

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES O. FOEIDISCH AND ROY J. FOEDISCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-STOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed August 16, 1920. Serial No. 403,807.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES O. FonDrsc-H and ROY J. Fonorsorr, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door-Stops, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to door stops. It is now common practice torigidly secure door stops to base boards. When thus secured, itinterferes with the use of a vacuum cleaner or the ready access to thefloor or carpet below the door stop.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved stop whichacts as a rigid element in stopping the door but which may be swung outof the way when access to the fioor or carpet below the stop is desired.

The drawing is a section of a door stop embodying the invention.

The hollow base 3 is secured to the baseboard 4 adjacent the door byscrews 5 and the outer surface of this base is convex, as at 6, to forma seat for the body 7, of the stop. Body 7 is provided with a concaveseat 8 adapted to engage the convex face 6 of the base. An elasticbumper or tip 9 is secured in the outer end of the body 7. A coil-spring10, disposed in a socket 11 in the body 7, has one 01": its endsconnected to a pin 12 in the base 3 and its other end to a pin 13 intheb ody 7. This spring serves as a yielding connection which permitsthe door stop to be swung upwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,when access to the space below the door stop is desired. Normally, thespring holds the door stop in position shown in full lines so that itwill be operative to prevent the door from striking the base-board, aswell understood in the art. When the stop is in normal position, it willbe operative to arrest the door. The stop may be easily swung againstthe force of spring 10 to give access to the space under the stop whensweeping, and when released the spring will automatically retract thestop to its operative position.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details setforth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appendedclaims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a door stop, the combination with a base adapted to be attached towoodwork, a stop member having a rigid body and an elastic membersecured therein, a spring disposed in said body and connected theretoand to the base, the base and body being provided with bearing surfaceswhich permit the body to be swung relatively to the base whilepreventing longitudinal movement of the stop member when it is struck bya door.

2. In a door stop, the combination with a base, adapted to be attachedto woodwork, a stop member having a rigid body and an elastic membersecured therein, a spring disposed in said body and connected theretoand to the base, the base and body being provided with concavo-convexbearing surfaces which permit the body to be swung relatively to thebase while preventing longitudinal movement of the stop member when itis struck by a door.

CHARLES O. FOEDISCH. ROY J ..FOEDISCH.

